Latest articles from Diet Food and Nutrition : Articles Tips and Advice On Diet Food and Nutrition (http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com) http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com 2008-11-21T05:45:29+01:00 text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/nutrition-and-the-fats-a384.html We consider that the real enemy is fat.Nope,there are two kinds of fats. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/proteins-and-the-nutrition-a383.html Many experts have given various proportions for the amount of proteins to be consumed as a part of our diet. But lets look at what proteins are made up of—Amino acids text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/you-are-what-you-a382.html With so much conflicting nutritional information around these days its hard to know where to turn for real-life strategies that actually deliver results. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/got-cravings-consider-the-a381.html Are you constantly craving sweets and want to understand why? Or perhaps salt is more your style? Either way, you can minimize your cravings so that you choose your food instead of your food choosing you! Learn how “extreme” foods and lifestyles contribute to cravings, and what you can do to keep balanced throughout the day. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/powerful-health-weapon-can-a380.html Want more pep and increased wellness? Here's a powerful health weapon that will fight tiredness and other health problems too. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/how-to-be-a-a379.html Mmmm - sugar! Who can resist those sweet, satisfying crystals of joy? Some people try to stay away from sweets, and some are quite successful. But for those of you who want to be a true sugar addict, here are my top seven strategies for increasing your sugar cravings. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/trading-in-trans-fats-a378.html “Trans-Free” and “Trans-Fat Free” is showing up more and more in our grocery stores! HOORAY! We say it’s about time! But our food is not yet 100% trans fat free just yet – including some that say “trans free!” What are "trans fats," and why should you avoid? text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/fibre-its-importance-a377.html We all know that having the correct amount of dietary fibre in our diets is extremely important. There are countless articles in the media, and reports from the Department of Health urging us to increase our fibre intake. From the moment we are born, we constantly flush our digestive tract with food. At three meals per day a 20 years old will have eaten 15,000 meals. It is important that the flow of foods be regular and that debris not plug up our intestinal walls and interfere with the nutrient transfer into our body. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/dont-drink-your-calories-a376.html If you drink soda pop, especially the caffeinated kind, it could kill you. But most especially, it can go right after your kid’s health. Pop gives the average teenager approximately 12.5 teaspoons of refined sugar a day. It works out to that much more than what our US government has determined people need in unrefined sugar per day. Also, your kid and you are using soda pop, in all probability, as a food. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/how-much-importance-do-a375.html I am sure that most of you will know that your skin is the largest organ of your body, the skin can absorb chemicals in to your blood stream which in turn, will be distributed through out your body system. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/10-tips-on-how-a374.html Seriously high levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol (LDL) represent a menacing cause of heart disease. By lowering the LDL level in your blood, you will automatically lower the total level of the cholesterol in your body (the HDL also known as the ‘good’ cholesterol and the LDL – the ‘bad’ cholesterol) and it will prevent the occurrence of heart disease. You can use a drug treatment to lower the cholesterol level, but you can also use a more healthy method – the dietary agents and food supplements that will lower your cholesterol in a natural way. In other words, a diet low in saturated fats and rich in fibres may help you lower cholesterol levels downwards to a normal limit. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/choosing-the-right-food-a373.html We are very busy persons: we have things to do, problems to solve, people to talk to and it seems that we stopped having enough time to eat. More and more often full course meals get replaced for quicker snacks. Snacking does not necessarily represent a bad thing. Snacks are normal for a body that consumes its inner energy for its daily activities and needs to accumulate more strength. Eating wrong foods for snacks is causing you trouble like increasing cholesterol level. It is the snacks high in carbohydrates and fats that are causing you an elevated cholesterol and weight gain. This situation will eventually lead to heart disease, heart attacks and diabetes. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/top-3-herbs-for-a372.html It is not unusual to have high cholesterol level in your blood. It happens even to the best of us. But if you suddenly find out that you have high cholesterol you must immediately take action. This is called ‘Cholesterol Management’. It may seem a pretentious notion, but it keeps you away from heart problems. Cholesterol management involves few simple rules for lowering your cholesterol level: eat low fat (it doesn’t matter if it is saturated fat or total fat, they are wrong nonetheless) foods; lose weight; eat fruits and vegetables; grill your food instead of frying it; and start being more physically active. text/html 2006-11-25T16:29:53+01:00 http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com http://www.dietfoodandnutrition.com/breakfast-it-does-a-a371.html You have heard it a thousand times; “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. Breakfast means just that: "to break fast." After 8 hours of sleep, your body wants to refuel itself for your daily activities.